Echoing in one ear may be related to cerumen impaction, secretory otitis media and abnormal opening of the Eustachian tube, etc. Depending on the cause of the disease and the degree of the disease, general treatment, medication and surgical treatment should be chosen.
1. Cerumen embolism: The excessive secretion of cerumen from one side of the external auditory canal and the obstruction of cerumen discharge result in the formation of an embolism of cerumen in the ear canal, which constitutes a closed cavity with the eardrum, and echoes can be heard when speaking. After the cerumen is removed by a specialist with specialized equipment and instruments, this symptom will disappear.
2. Secretory otitis media: It is mainly due to the negative pressure and fluid accumulation in the middle ear caused by the Eustachian tube pathway, resulting in an echo when speaking in one ear. It needs to be treated according to the cause of the disease. Nasal decongestants such as hydroxymetazoline and nasal spray glucocorticoids such as budesonide nasal spray can be used, and oral glucocorticoids such as prednisone can be taken for a short period of time.
In the clear bacterial infection, can choose amoxicillin and other antibiotics anti-infection treatment. If conservative treatment is ineffective, tympanocentesis, tympanotomy, tympanic tube placement and pharyngeal tube balloon dilatation can be chosen.
3. Abnormal opening of the Eustachian tube: Due to mental tension, autonomic dysfunction, atrophic rhinitis and other causes of the Eustachian tube is often in an open state or excessively open, which can cause ear stuffiness, resulting in an echo in one ear. Oral clonazepam, promethazine, carbamazepine and other drugs can be chosen to treat, with 2% procaine soft palate closure and other treatments.
Conservative treatment does not work well, you can choose the palatal flap muscle release surgery.
When you find that you have an echo in one ear, you can actively consult a doctor for a systematic examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.